Forceware 185 and GT215

[trinibwoy]

Anybody brave enough to try these out?

DriverVer   = 12/26/2008, 7.15.11.8520

NVIDIA_DEV.06A0.01 = "NVIDIA GT214"
NVIDIA_DEV.06B0.01 = "NVIDIA GT214 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0A00.01 = "NVIDIA GT212"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A10.01 = "NVIDIA GT212 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0A30.01 = "NVIDIA GT216"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A60.01 = "NVIDIA GT218"
NVIDIA_DEV.0A70.01 = "NVIDIA GT218 "
NVIDIA_DEV.0A7D.01 = "NVIDIA GT218  "
NVIDIA_DEV.0A7F.01 = "NVIDIA GT218   "
NVIDIA_DEV.0CA0.01 = "NVIDIA GT215"
NVIDIA_DEV.0CB0.01 = "NVIDIA GT215 "

http://www.xfastest.com/viewthread.p...extra=page%3D1

Warning:

NVIDIA ForceWare 185.20 version of this there is no accident, then, will allow the "current" on hand have GTX 285 and GTX 295 (SLI) of the User to more violent!!
Careful you do a good job of nVIDIA graphics cards, or may be too violent and difficult to master!!

Chinese friend of mine translated that and came up with something a bit different to Google. She said it means that if Forceware 185 has no problems owners of GTX 285 and 295 will go crazy. Whatever that means.

[Macadamia]

Probably the near-launch drivers of the 295. But I see no reason for 285 improvements from the simulated ones we have now.

[trinibwoy]

Yeah me either. There's a new setting for ambient occlusion in these though.

From this thread at [H] - http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1380556

[Macadamia]

I'd like to see performance hit though. So far ENBSeries isn't that rosy after providing SSAO on a shader basis.



EDIT: Boo, after seeing the screenshots it seems like dynamic contrast applied to certain object IDs in the RT.

[Marduk_25]

Some extra download links:

GeForce 185.20 beta (Windows XP 32bit)
GeForce 185.20 beta (Windows XP 64bit)
GeForce 185.20 beta (Windows Vista 32bit)
GeForce 185.20 beta (Windows Vista 64bit)

[trinibwoy]

Boo, after seeing the screenshots it seems like dynamic contrast applied to certain object IDs in the RT.

I think AO is a per-pixel effect, not per object.

[vmsein]

This is quite a jump from the existing 181 series up to 185. Are these real?

[Shintai]

Chinese friend of mine translated that and came up with something a bit different to Google. She said it means that if Forceware 185 has no problems owners of GTX 285 and 295 will go crazy. Whatever that means.

Translated it says: (taiwanese chinese translated by mainland.)

----> if nothing happens on this nVIDIA ForceWare 185.2 version, then urser who has GTX285 and GTX295 at the present can be more powerful....

I guess in terms of bugs etc. Then this will boost the speed.

Second part says:

Be careful of your nVIDIA card, or else, it becomes difficult to control because of too powerful

This is just strange...

[krogen]

Be careful of your nVIDIA card, or else, it becomes difficult to control because of too powerful

lol, now that's just too funny.

[soundood]

wow this is very odd, they still havent listed the 184.84 on the nvidia site yet, talking about the 184.84 drivers, i seen a 5 -8 degree C, drop in temps on my card over the 184.48 drivers, it wouold seem the 184.48 drivers where driving my card hard.

maybe thats what these new ones will do if you use them?

downloading now, but wont be trying them till tommorow, till i get home, would be nice to get some feedback from others first too

good luck

[eternal_fantasy]

Chinese friend of mine translated that and came up with something a bit different to Google. She said it means that if Forceware 185 has no problems owners of GTX 285 and 295 will go crazy. Whatever that means.

Here's the Taiwanese Chinese translated by a Taiwanese...

此nVIDIA ForceWare 185.20版本沒有意外的話，將可讓"目前"手頭上有GTX 285與GTX 295(SLI)的User能夠更狂暴!!
小心抓好各位的nVIDIA顯卡，不然可能會因為太狂暴而很難駕馭!!

If there's no mistake, this driver will let those that "currently" have the GTX 285 and GTX 295 (SLI) 's user even more aggresive (hardware speed wise).

Everyone carefully hold on to your nVIDIA GFX card, or it may get out of control from it's aggresiveness.


I guess we just like to make words sound more.... emotional

[Blacky]

Wow nice feature, tho which games are compatible with this feature?

[mele]

SLOOWWWWWWWWWW Download..................

[soundood]

this is the second time i have had a corupt download from Marduk_25 links, the 64 bit vista driver link seems to have issues, ill try once more before i give up, winrar error im getting

[largon]

Wow nice feature, tho which games are compatible with this feature?

"Ambient Occlusion" is a DX feature that has being used for long already. The driver just has an option to disable it.
Looks like it's just a performance hack that once enabled sacrifices LOD.

[trinibwoy]

Sigh, no it isn't. AO was first used in Crysis. This control panel setting allows you to apply it to other games as well.

And it's not a feature of any API. You have to code your own pixel shader to do it - http://ja.pastebin.ca/953523

[Luka_Aveiro]

According to another forum's user, these are the games currently supported by Ambient Occlusion:

Assassin Creed
Bioshock
COD4
COD:WAW
CS:Source
Company of heroes
crysis (warhead not suported)
Devil may cry 4
Fallout 3
Far Cry 2
Half-life 2: Episode Two (only!!)
Left 4 Dead
Lost Planet
Mirror's Edge
The Call of Juarez
World in conflit
World Of Warcraft

[T_Flight]

Ambient occlusion FTW!!!!

[largon]

Sigh, no it isn't. AO was first used in Crysis. This control panel setting allows you to apply it to other games as well.

And it's not a feature of any API. You have to code your own pixel shader to do it - http://ja.pastebin.ca/953523

So, how does a driver add support for AO in games that dont have that proverbial AO pixel shader in them?


And, yes, AO is an old feature.

[[XC] hipno650]

this is the second time i have had a corupt download from Marduk_25 links, the 64 bit vista driver link seems to have issues, ill try once more before i give up, winrar error im getting

got the same issue with the vista 64bit version looks like a no go. i'll just wait until it comes from nvidia directly.

[K404]

i seen a 5 -8 degree C, drop in temps on my card over the 184.48 drivers, it wouold seem the 184.48 drivers where driving my card hard.

How are you measung temps?

[T_Flight]

I haven't been having much luck with Beta or modded drivers lately. I don't know why. It seems like every non-WHQL driver I run caused freezes on CoH and lower performance with F@H GPU2. I would like to see this option enebled because I have 2 of those titles and would like to see this Occlusion enabled like it should be.

I do have to say that nVidia has been pretty good with drivers. They are really on top of things with these drivers. Especially getting the performance out of these new titles. 2009 is gonna be a good year for nVidia I bet. I can feel it. They are coiled and ready to strike with a barage of new cards.

[mele]

Vista 64bit installed fine here.....

[Blacky]

Vista 64bit installed fine here.....

any improvements on performance? careful hold your card can go berzerk mode

[yaddam205]

any improvements on performance? careful hold your card can go berzerk mode

I tested in Vantage and got tiny bumb nothing to write home about.